Born in Israel, 1961
Lives and works in London
Kander began photographing at 13 and later, when drafted into the South African Air Force, worked in the darkroom printing aerial photographs.
His work appears in publications including The Sunday Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Another Man and Dazed & Confused. In 2009, The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Obama’s People, his 52 portraits of President Obama’s inaugural administration.
His numerous exhibitions include Obama’s People at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 2009 and Keep your Distance at the Palais de Tokyo, 2005.
Kander has received awards from the D&AD and the John Kobal Foundation in the UK; Epic in Europe, Art Director’s Club and IPA in the USA. He’s also recently been awarded the Silver Photographer of the Year Award at Lianzhou International Photo Festival 2008 in China.
His most recent project - Yantze - the Long River was awarded the Prix Prictet prize in 2009.
